Found 3 items, similar to avert.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: avert menghindari
English → English (WordNet) Definition: avert avert v 1: prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; “Let's avoid a confrontation”; “head off a confrontation”; “avert a strike” [syn: debar, obviate, deflect, head off , stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off] 2: turn away or aside; “They averted their eyes when the King entered” [syn: turn away]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Avert Avert \A*vert"\, v. i. To turn away. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] Cold and averting from our neighbor's good. --Thomson. [1913 Webster] Avert \A*vert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Averted; p. pr. & vb. n. Averting.] [L. avertere; a, ab + vertere to turn: cf. OF. avertir. See Verse, n.] To turn aside, or away; as, to avert the eyes from an object; to ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of; as, how can the danger be averted? “To avert his ire.” --Milton. [1913 Webster] When atheists and profane persons do hear of so many discordant and contrary opinions in religion, it doth avert them from the church. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] Till ardent prayer averts the public woe. --Prior. [1913 Webster]